William Thomas Allen (1885 - 1941)
updated July 29, 2019
William Thomas Allen was born in 1885 in Sandhurst, Australia. He was born to William James Allen and Jane Trevillyan Allen. He died on April 23, 1941 at 56 years of age.
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Sandhurst, Australia
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Plymouth County Borough, in Civilian War Dead
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Rank: Civilian
Regiment: Civilian War Dead
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William Thomas Allen lived
14 years shorter than
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when he died at the age of 56.
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In 1885, in the year that William Thomas Allen was born, Germany's Karl Benz built the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which had an internal combustion engine. It is considered to be the world's first automobile. The Benz cost $150 - just under $4,000 in today's money.
In 1894, at the age of only 9 years old, William was alive when on April 21st, a coal miners' strike closed mines throughout the central United States. The Panic of 1893, and the resulting depression, hit coal miners hard and the miners only struck for 8 weeks - they couldn't afford to live without their wages any longer.
In 1902, when he was 17 years old, the modern air conditioner was invented by Willis H. Carrier. The company that he worked for needed to find a way to control humidity and by solving this problem, Carrier created a system that could be used for cooling the rooms of a house. The Sun Belt thanks him!
In 1911, when he was 26 years old, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, along with four fellow Norwegian explorers. After hearing that Peary had beaten him to the North Pole, Amundsen decided to tackle the South Pole. On December 14th, he succeeded.
In 1941, in the year of William Thomas Allen's passing, on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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Other William Allens
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - Unknown
January 1955 - December 2018
1740 - Unknown
1712 - 1778
Unknown - Unknown
1726 - 1838
Unknown - Unknown
c. 1886 - Apr 25, 1915
c. 1918 - May 27, 1942
c. 1889 - May 2, 1915
c. 1870 - Nov 30, 1918
Other Allens
c. 1870 - Nov 30, 1918
c. 1889 - May 2, 1915
c. 1918 - May 27, 1942
c. 1886 - Apr 25, 1915
c. 1896 - Jul 19, 1918
c. 1921 - Jul 22, 1944
c. 1897 - Aug 3, 1917
c. 1890 - Oct 23, 1916
c. 1915 - Jan 11, 1942
c. 1912 - Jun 1, 1940
c. 1923 - Jan 20, 1944
Unknown - Feb 16, 1943
c. 1924 - Nov 3, 1944
c. 1916 - Apr 26, 1941
c. 1912 - May 29, 1940
Unknown - Oct 18, 1916
Unknown - Oct 25, 1918
Other Bios
c. 1870 - Nov 30, 1918
c. 1889 - May 2, 1915
c. 1918 - May 27, 1942
c. 1886 - Apr 25, 1915
c. 1896 - Jul 19, 1918
c. 1921 - Jul 22, 1944
c. 1897 - Aug 3, 1917
c. 1890 - Oct 23, 1916
c. 1915 - Jan 11, 1942
c. 1881 - Mar 17, 1919
Unknown - Apr 19, 1917
c. 1863 - Aug 7, 1915
c. 1920 - Apr 11, 1943
c. 1893 - Nov 12, 1917
c. 1923 - Jul 7, 1944
c. 1920 - Jul 8, 1944
c. 1878 - Dec 12, 1914
c. 1914 - Aug 2, 1944
Unknown - Aug 24, 1918
c. 1891 - Sep 8, 1916
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